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propellers. Electrical power is generated signed the Acceptance Off Contract for technology, including a highly ? exible well as hundreds of independent com- with two John Deere 6068AFM85 ma- RFA Tidespring, the ? rst in a series of automated propulsion system with nu- partments. rine generators, with 99 ekW of power four Military A? oat Reach and Sustain- merous different con? gurations, three The vessel can accommodate 108 per- each at 480 V. Deck Machinery consists ability (MARS) vessels. The 37,000 dwt abeam replenishment stations for diesel sons. SeaQuest has been engaged in this of a Markey DEPGF-42S hawser winch tankers are being built to supply Royal oil, aviation fuel and fresh water, an In- project since 2013, overseeing the con- located on the bow and a Markey DEPC- Navy vessels around the world. The tegrated Platform Management System, struction program, from steel cutting to 32 towing winch on the stern. The tug MARS vessels feature advanced marine a ? ight deck and helicopter hangar, as completion. is ? tted with a 1,300 gpm off-ship ? re pump driven via an electric motor.

The vessel is the ? rst Robert Allan Ltd. designed tug in the E.N. Bisso’s ? eet, and the 10th for Signet Maritime Corpo- ration over the past decade. The Class notation, per American Bureau of Ship- ping, under 90m Steel Vessel Rules is: +A1, Towing Vessel, (Fire Fighting Ca- pability), Escort Vessel, +AMS,

Jeffrey McAllister

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has delivered the Twin Z-drive reverse trac- tor tug Jeffrey McAllister to McAllister

Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. on

January 13, 2017. McAllister is honoring

Captain Jeffrey McAllister as the vessels namesake. Capt. Jeffrey McAllister is a member of the ? fth generation work- ing at McAllister Towing. Jeff began his

McAllister career in 1973 at the age of 18 when he worked as a deckhand on the ? eet’s offshore crew boats. His rise at the company was attained the old-fashioned way by working his way up the hawse pipe. He worked on numerous McAl- lister tugs stationed everywhere from

Aruba, Bonaire and eventually landing in the Port of New York. In 1977 he be- came a tug captain and in 1986 became a docking pilot. Today, Captain Jeff is the

Senior Docking Pilot for McAllister in

New York. The tug will be working in

McAllister’s Charleston, S.C. operation and will have her christening on Febru- ary 11.

RFA Tidespring

On January 12, 2017, Daewoo Ship- building & Marine Engineering (DSME) and the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD)

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